“a mean, tipsy, powerful, rotten-egg lady.”
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #quote
Figure timeline
Mercedes McCambridge
Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her screen debut in All the King's Men (1949) and was nominated in the same category for Giant (1956). She voiced the majority of dialogue for demon Pazuzu in The Exorcist (19…
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
entertainment · American actress (1916–2004) · film actor · stage actor · television actor · voice actor · actor · also Mercedes McCambridge, Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge, McCambridge
Born 16 March 1916 · Died 2 March 2004 · Q140017
20 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
1 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
- Award
2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
McCambridge gave Markle $604,000 ($2.1 million in 2024) to manage for her, but in the fall of 1987, the company discovered that Markle had opened a secret account in McCambridge's name.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #life
- #family-tragedy
2021· 2 entries
BroadwayWorld: Mercedes McCambridge
- #news
- #headline
Irish Central: Remembering Irish American actress Mercedes McCambridge
- #news
- #headline
2004· 6 entries
Santa Rosa Press Democrat: Actress Mercedes McCambridge
- #news
- #headline
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus: Mercedes McCambridge, Oscar-winner for `All the King's Men,' dies at 85
- #news
- #headline
The Herald-Times: Mercedes McCambridge, Oscar winner, dies at 87
- #news
- #headline
Today: Mercedes McCambridge dies at 87
- #news
- #headline
Died 2004-03-02.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
At age 87 in La Jolla in San Diego, California, of natural causes
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1986· 1 entry
McCambridge had played the mother of a child who plans to take their own life in an Arkansas Repertory Theatre production of 'night, Mother
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1979· 2 entries
After working for Salomon Brothers in New York City
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
For El Centre's production of The Mousetrap, in which she received top billing despite her character being murdered (by actor Jim Beaver) fewer than 15 minutes into the play
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1974· 1 entry
For having "broke the ice for the rest of us" by speaking openly about her addiction, enabling other celebrities such as himself to be more publicly honest about their struggles
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1959· 1 entry
McCambridge appeared opposite Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in the Joseph L
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1954· 1 entry
Co-starred with Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden in the offbeat western drama, Johnny Guitar, now regarded as a cult classic
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1950· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for All the King's Men (1950).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
McCambridge married Canadian Fletcher Markle, an actor/producer/director who directed her in productions on Ford Theater and Studio One
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1941· 1 entry
Played Judy's friend in A Date with Judy
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1916· 1 entry
Born 1916-03-16.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth